diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.benchmarks/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.benchmarks/pom.xml
index 426fb7ffe..5e707719e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@
             <configuration>
               <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
               <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
-              <compilerArgs>
-                <arg>-Xep:ExpectedExceptionChecker:ERROR</arg>
-              </compilerArgs>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e1e98fa6..06e2f308a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -836,9 +836,6 @@
                 <configuration>
                   <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
                   <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
-                  <compilerArgs>
-                    <arg>-Xep:ExpectedExceptionChecker:ERROR</arg>
-                  </compilerArgs>
                   <excludes>
                     <exclude>org/eclipse/jgit/transport/InsecureCipherFactory.java</exclude>
                   </excludes>
diff --git a/tools/BUILD b/tools/BUILD
index e5931dc8c..d66837700 100644
--- a/tools/BUILD
+++ b/tools/BUILD
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ java_package_configuration(
         "-Xep:ElementsCountedInLoop:ERROR",
         "-Xep:EqualsHashCode:ERROR",
         "-Xep:EqualsIncompatibleType:ERROR",
-        "-Xep:ExpectedExceptionChecker:ERROR",
         "-Xep:Finally:WARN",
         "-Xep:FloatingPointLiteralPrecision:ERROR",
         "-Xep:FragmentInjection:ERROR",